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<td class="v">30:1</td>
<td>The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,</td>
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<td class="v">30:2</td>
<td>Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.</td>
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<td class="v">30:3</td>
<td>I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.</td>
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<td class="v">30:4</td>
<td>Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?</td>
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<td class="v">30:5</td>
<td>Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.</td>
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<td class="v">30:6</td>
<td>Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.</td>
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<td class="v">30:7</td>
<td>Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:</td>
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<td class="v">30:8</td>
<td>Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:</td>
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<td class="v">30:9</td>
<td>Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.</td>
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<td class="v">30:10</td>
<td>Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.</td>
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<td class="v">30:11</td>
<td>There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.</td>
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<td class="v">30:12</td>
<td>There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.</td>
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<td class="v">30:13</td>
<td>There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.</td>
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<td class="v">30:14</td>
<td>There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.</td>
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<td class="v">30:15</td>
<td>The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:</td>
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<td class="v">30:16</td>
<td>The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.</td>
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<td class="v">30:17</td>
<td>The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.</td>
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<td class="v">30:18</td>
<td>There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:</td>
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<td class="v">30:19</td>
<td>The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.</td>
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<td class="v">30:20</td>
<td>Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.</td>
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<td class="v">30:21</td>
<td>For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:</td>
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<td class="v">30:22</td>
<td>For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;</td>
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<td class="v">30:23</td>
<td>For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.</td>
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<td class="v">30:24</td>
<td>There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:</td>
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<td class="v">30:25</td>
<td>The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;</td>
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<td class="v">30:26</td>
<td>The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;</td>
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<td class="v">30:27</td>
<td>The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;</td>
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<td class="v">30:28</td>
<td>The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.</td>
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<td class="v">30:29</td>
<td>There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:</td>
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<td class="v">30:30</td>
<td>A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;</td>
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<td class="v">30:31</td>
<td>A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.</td>
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<td class="v">30:32</td>
<td>If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.</td>
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<td class="v">30:33</td>
<td>Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.</td>
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